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The toxicity of four trimethyltin concentrations to stage I zoeae of the fiddler crab,Uca pugilator, was tested at temperatures of 10°C, 20°C and 28°C and salinities of 10‰, 20‰ and 30‰. Stepwise multiple regression of the probit of mortality data produced a formula from which productive response surfaces were generated. 24 hr LC 50's in 30‰ salinity at 10°C was 12 ppm, at 20°C 3.35 ppm and 0.61 ppm at 28°C. Corresponding 48 hr LC 50's were about one-tenth of these values. An increase in temperature and a decrease in salinity sharply increased trimethyltin toxicity in fiddler crab zoeae.
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Wright, D.A., Roosenburg, W.H. Trimethyltin toxicity to larvalUca pugilator: Effects of temperature and salinity. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 11, 491–495 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01056077
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